Re: OT: Home Cinema Pics Online

["Dan Khan" <dan@xxxxxxx>]

Thanks James!

If you look at my lounge floor plan (Khanhouse.co.uk -> Home Cinema
-> Speakers) you'll see that due to the vast sofa there was no room
behind to put in rear floor standers, thus the ceiling speakers were a
compromise.  As you say, the fronts are more directional.  Whilst
I didn't go for the more expensive ceiling speakers, the next model up has
adjustable directional cones to allow you to position the soundfield more
precisely.  For now, they fit my needs perfectly and the sound is
amazing!

I wanted the additional back channel so I could get every bit of enjoyment
from my amp and the newer DVDs that support it.  It does make quite a
difference to round out the surround effect - well recommended. 
Actually the Denon supports 8 channel sound with two rear centres as well
as the surround left and right - bit overkill for my medium sized
lounge!

The amp can optionally post-process the sound and automatically create a
surround back channel from the back left and right - this means that you
can have 7 or 8 channel surround on any 5.1 dics (Matrix in THX Surround
Ex? :-)  Anyway, for an extra 100quid for another channel it was worth
the dosh.

The REL does a good job with the rest of the kit - you can use both speaker
and line level connections and there is plenty of control over bass
effect.

Regards,
-Dan

--
http://www.khanhouse.co.uk


----- Original Message ----- 
  From: James Winspear 
  To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx 
  Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:58 AM
  Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Home Cinema Pics Online


  Dan,

    Great site!

    Couple of questions about the Home Cinema setup, as I'm
trying to go
  down this route as well:

  -          Why mix
in-ceiling speakers for rears and floorstanders for
  front L/R ? Presumably the front L/R provide extra clarity/quality
and
  are more directional?

  -          Why the
additional single surround back speaker, and does
  this really give you any additional sound quality over the Rear
L/R
  speakers?

  -          Does the REL
sub mix in/match well with the B&W speakers?

  James
  <snip>

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